Since it's open enrollment, Tom took a peek at next year's plans, and it looks like I'm going to stick with Ambetter. I'll actually have a better plan—it will just cost more. I'm going from silver to gold. Ambetter's been more fun than Aetna was because of all the free stuff I can get with the points I accumulate, and I've gotten some really nice stuff… the towels, the candle, jewelry, kitchen stuff.

Looks like Nane has retired. Her picture (along with another woman's) is gone from her work site. I wonder if she'll retire to Turkey or Greece like she talked about.

The dog in back that I could barely hear all summer long and into the fall is suddenly loud and clear if I'm by a window. Sounds definitely travel easier in cooler temperatures, and it's definitely cooler. It's only 72 degrees in the house. If it drops another degree or two, I might throw on the heat for the first time this year—or this season, I should say.

The honker should return any minute now, unfortunately. I should be checking out NewNo right as he comes honking and slamming in. A house a few houses down from him is for sale, but it shouldn't be a problem if noisy people move in. Well, if they're revving motorcycles, it shouldn't wake me up, but it could be annoying and also if they have a dog they allow to bark all the time, like the redneck used to do with his dog. It isn't that much farther away than his house—just in the opposite direction.

I kind of felt shitty all day yesterday. Had that fuzzy feeling in my head and felt kind of blah. I know part of it was the lack of sunlight due to my schedule. I'll now be able to start catching some morning sun though.

I got a candle by Mainstays with yesterday's Walmart order—Buttercream Cheesecake. It's a little on the mild side but otherwise nice.

Rather than post this entry now, I'll do it later on and make it my first entry of the month. That way I can jot down any thoughts on NewNo.

OK, I'm back a few hours later. The witching hour passed with no return of the honker, but that doesn't mean he isn't on the way.

Checked out Fic’s NewNo, and I don't think I'll be able to finish it because, unlike in 2010, I don't have nearly as much energy as I used to. Meanwhile, I’ve had two stories going at once—a revenge-type crime story with all fictitious characters, and then one where I torture the honker with ghostly pranks, hoping it will jinx him into selling or at least being a little less noticeable. Able to win or not, I'm not sure I can come up with 50K words of torture for the honker, so I'm going with Them, the other story I started. It only has 7K words, though.

I like the built-in word counter, but I kinda don't like that I can't hide the story till it’s done. With the old Nano, all people saw was your synopsis, but now I have to share everything, even though they're just rough drafts and errors could be present. Oh well, no one has to read my stuff anyway, and I'm mostly doing it for myself.